[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 117 (Friday, June 17, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 39627]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-14339]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


North American Free Trade Agreement, Article 1904, Request for 
Panel Review

AGENCY: United States Section, NAFTA Secretariat, International Trade 
Administration, Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Request for Panel Review.

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SUMMARY: A Request for Panel Review was filed on behalf of Selenis 
Canada, Inc. with the United States Section of the North American Free 
Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Secretariat on June 6, 2016 pursuant to NAFTA 
Article 1904. Panel Review was requested of the International Trade 
Commission's final determination regarding Polyethylene Terephthalate 
Resin from Canada. The final injury determination was published in the 
Federal Register on May 4, 2016 (81 FRN 26832) and the effective 
antidumping order was published in the Federal Register on May 6, 2016 
(81 FRN 27929). The NAFTA Secretariat has assigned case number USA-CDA-
2016-1904-01 to this request.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul E. Morris, United States 
Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat, Room 2061, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230, (202) 482-5438.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Chapter 19 of the NAFTA established a 
mechanism to replace domestic judicial review of final determinations 
in antidumping and countervailing duty cases involving imports from a 
NAFTA country with review by independent binational panels. When a 
Request for Panel Review is filed, a panel is established to act in 
place of national courts to review expeditiously the final 
determination to determine whether it conforms to the antidumping or 
countervailing duty law of the country that made the determination.
    Under NAFTA Article 1904, which came into force on January 1, 1994, 
the Government of the United States, the Government of Canada, and the 
Government of Mexico established Rules of Procedure for Article 1904 
Binational Panel Reviews (``Rules''). These Rules were published in the 
Federal Register on February 23, 1994 (59 FR 8686) and subsequently 
amended on April 10, 2008 (73 FR 19458).
    The Rules provide that:
    (a) A Party or interested person may challenge the final 
determination in whole or in part by filing a Complaint in accordance 
with Rule 39 within 30 days after the filing of the first Request for 
Panel Review (the deadline for filing a Complaint is July 6, 2016);
    (b) A Party, investigating authority or interested person that does 
not file a Complaint but that intends to appear in support of any 
reviewable portion of the final determination may participate in the 
panel review by filing a Notice of Appearance in accordance with Rule 
40 within 45 days after the filing of the first Request for Panel 
Review (the deadline for filing a Notice of Appearance is July 21, 
2016); and
    (c) The panel review shall be limited to the allegations of error 
of fact or law, including challenges to the jurisdiction of the 
investigating authority, that are set out in the Complaints filed in 
the panel review and to the procedural and substantive defenses raised 
in the panel review.

    Dated: June 13, 2016.
Paul E. Morri,s
United States Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2016-14339 Filed 6-16-16; 8:45 am]
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